Fig Lang Definitions

I'm concerned that if this lasts more than a couple of months, I will lose my stuff and go bananas.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A figure of speech that mentions a well-known person,

place, or idea from history, literature, or culture

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An extreme exaggeration (generally not plausible)

• assonance

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a phrase or sentence

• assonance

• allusion

• alliteration

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry

• alliteration

• allusion

• assonance

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

• allusion

• assonance

• anaphora

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words that express a sound effect

• assonance

• oxymoron

• anaphora

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Using a combination of seemingly contradictory words

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• oxymoron

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the sound device in this sentence: Aiden's cereal went “snap, crackle, and pop” as he poured the milk into his bowl.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the type of sound device used below:

You thought that I’d be weak without you, but I’m stronger.

You thought that I'd be broke without you, but I’m richer.

You thought that I’d be sad without you, but I laugh harder.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• anaphora

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4